First Learning about Spiritual Rodding from our Mentor
For my (Jack) first blog post, it seems only fitting that I share how we first learned about using dowsing as a way to connect to spiritual energy from John Shields, our spiritual mentor.
When we first met John, he was a priest at our parish, St. Austin’s Catholic Church. He was a progressive thinker who embraced the teaching of the Second Vatican Council which encouraged a more modern approach the Church’s doctrine (such as the use of contraception as a form of birth control). When the subsequent Pope shut down these ideas, John felt he could not return to the more fundamentalist doctrine. Soon after, he left the church and eventually married Madeliene, who became life-long friends of my parents (Will and Pat).
In John’s book, The Priest Who Left His Religion (in pursuit of cosmic spirituality), he shares his life journey from traditional religious practices to embracing the union of science and spirit that teaches us that all is energy, including ourselves. In chapter 7, he shares how he was able to communicate with Madeliene’s spirit after she succumbed to cancer. Dowsing at her death bed after her passing, he inquired:
John: May I be in contact with Madeliene’s spirit? … YES position
John: Is she with her mother, sister, and brother (who had pre-deceased her)? … NO position
John: Asking another way, is she with her guardian angel? … NO
John: Is she still in the room with me? … YES
Engulfed in the event’s sadness, John tended to Madeliene by washing her body and anointing her with oil. After which, he felt a difference in the energy in the room and that her spirit was no longer present. Using the dowsing rods again, he inquired:
John: May I be connected with Madeliene’s spirit? … YES
John: May I have a sign that we are connected? … Left rod pointed at his heart
John: Are you still in this room with your body? … NO
John: Are you at peace? … YES
John: Are you with your guardian angel? … YES
John: Are you with your mother, sister, and brother? … YES
John: Are you in time (a question that seemed to come out of nowhere) … NO
John: Are you in a place? … NO
John: Are you conscious? … YES
John: Will you be able to communicate with me? … YES
John: Will I be able to communicate with you? … YES
Since that experience, John remained in communication with Madeliene’s spiritual energy through dowsing, demonstrating that the spiritual energies of our loved ones abide and may be call to our presence.
John shared this revelation with my parents which in turn started our family’s own pursuit of spiritual rodding. I’ll save that for a future blog post.